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Apocrypha - Oxford Edition Combined with the 1947 RSV Edition.
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1) The following books are in the Apocrypha:
Books Abbreviation
1 Esdras 1Es
2 Esdras 2Es
Tobit Tob
Judith Jdt
Rest of Esther Est
Wisdom of Solomon Wis
Ecclesiasticus Ecc
Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah Bar
Prayer of Azariah and the
Song of the Three Holy Children Aza
History of Susanna Sus
Bel and the Dragon Bel
Prayer of Manasses Man
1 Maccabees 1Ma
2 Maccabees 2Ma
From the 1947 RSV, no Oxford text
3 Maccabees 3Ma
4 Maccabees 4Ma
Psalm 151 2Ps
2) The two prologues to Ecclesiasticus are appended to the end of that
book as chapters 52 and 53. The verse number was arbitrarily
introduced to these prologues to make it easier to reference.
The RSV omits the first prologue which corresponds to chapter 52.
3) RSV verse numbering was followed for "The Prayer of Manasses" to
make it easier to reference.
4) The last three books for the Apocrypha were taken from the RSV
and are not in the Oxford edition nor were they in the 1973 edition
of the RSV. These are used by the Greek Orthodox Church and are
not in the Roman Catholic editions.
5) The Apocrypha was dropped when the 1769 edition of the Authorised
version was produced. Obvious spelling errors in the Oxford edition
were corrected.
6) The Online Bible cross-reference and other facilities do not work
with this module.
7) This has never been accepted at scriptures for the following reasons:
a) The Jews never considered them part of their sacred canon.
b) Christ rejected them by citing the scriptures as the "Law, the
Prophets, and the Psalms". The Jews would understand that to
be what we now consider the 39 books of the Old Testament.
c) They are never quoted in the Bible.
d) They are unreliable and contradict known historical facts and
doctrines in the Bible. See topic 22551 for a detailed list.
e.g. 2 Mac 12:44,45, Wis 13:18 etc.
e) The number of books, the verse numbering and the actual verses
themselves vary greatly depending on who prints the Apocrytha.
This is not definitely something you would want to depend on!
8) Send in the user declaration form to CCAT. See "General Info"
on the Mini Menu.
9) The following is the introduction from the Oxford edition of the
Apocrypha.
THE APOCRYPHA
These Books form part of the sacred literature of the Alexandria Jews,
and with the exception of the Second Book of Esdras are found
interspersed with the Hebrew Scriptures in the ancient copies of the
Septuagint, or Greek Version of the Old Testament. They are the product
of the era subsequent to the Captivity; having their origin partly in
Babylonia, partly in Palestine and Egypt and perhaps other countries.
Most of them belong to the last three centuries B.C., when prophecy,
oracles, and direct revelation had ceased. Some of them form an
historical link between the Old and New Testament, others have a
linguistic value in connection with the Hellenistic phraseology of the
latter. The narratives of the Apocrypha are partly historical records,
and partly allegorical. The religious poetry is to a large extent a
paraphrase upon the Poetical and Prophetical Books of the Hebrew Canon.
In the paraphrases upon the latter there is often a near approach to
New Testament teaching, especially upon God's care for the heathen
world.
As to their Canonical Authority, Josephus seems to reject it as a
whole, but appears from his use of I Esdras rather than our Canonical
Ezra to have accepted the authenticity of at least that work. The early
Christians differed in opinion respecting them, but received them as
part of the sacred literature of Israel. Several of the books of the
Apocrypha were more generally accepted than the disputed books of the
New Testament Canon. Melito (cir. 170), referring to the Hebrew Canon,
separated them from the authoritative and Divine records; while Origen
(cir. 230), following the LXX, included in Daniel (and so among the
Canonical Books) the history of Susanna; and speaks ambiguously about
the Books of the Maccabees. Jerome, a century later, called them
"apocryphal" (hidden, secret, and so of uncertain origin and
authority), affirming (when speaking of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus)
"that the Church doth read them for example of life and instruction of
manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine". In
the Western Church they gradually rose in esteem, until the Council of
Trent affirmed the canonicity of the greater part; but they are treated
by the more critical Roman divines as "deutero-canonical", thus making
some distraction between them and the books of the Hebrew Canon.
A Dissertation on the Apocryphal Writings
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See topic 22551 for a very complete overview on the Apocrypha by John
Gill. That material was taken from his Exposition of the whole Bible
volume six, pages 777 to 789. This material was written about 1750
before the Apocrypha was deleted from the Authorised Version in 1769.